Famous quotes containing the words son, imperial and/or prince:
“Remember that every son had a mother
whose beloved son he was,
and every woman had a mother
whose beloved son she wasn’t.”
—Marge Piercy (20th century)
“The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.”
—Simon Hoggart (b. 1946)
“Much more frequent in Hollywood than the emergence of Cinderella is her sudden vanishing. At our party, even in those glowing days, the clock was always striking twelve for someone at the height of greatness; and there was never a prince to fetch her back to the happy scene.”
—Ben Hecht (1893–1964)